Regular readers of this blog are aware of my current outsourcing assignment. I am managing very large outsourcing project in India. One thing is very special in all Indian offices is “Tea Time.” Everybody wants to attend Tea Time not only for tea or coffee but for the interesting discussion occurs at that time. This is the time when all the department employees are together and discussing whatever they wish.

Today there was interesting discussion about Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC). It is very interesting to know that these two similar sounding words are very different in practice. QA is process oriented and QC is product oriented. The goal of QA as well as QC is to deliver quality product. Many of developers did not know the difference between this two important roles in project development.

Quality Assurance: A set of activities designed to ensure that the development and/or maintenance process is adequate to ensure a system will meet its objectives.
Example : project audits , process checklists

Quality Control: A set of activities designed to evaluate a developed work product.
Example : testing the process

Let me know your thoughts about this post. Let me know if you want me to write more articles like this one.

Hello Pinal, I am in charge of a software product. I would like to know how I can change the SQL password of multiple databases situated at multiple sites across India. I also want to restrict users from accessing their database using windows authentication. Is there a free ware tool that can carry out both functions? Kindly Help. Best Regards, Bejoy

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Pinal Dave is a Pluralsight Developer Evangelist. He has authored 11 SQL Server database books, 17 Pluralsight courses and have written over 3200 articles on the database technology on his blog at a http://blog.sqlauthority.com. Along with 11+ years of hands on experience he holds a Masters of Science degree and a number of certifications, including MCTS, MCDBA and MCAD (.NET). His past work experiences include Technology Evangelist at Microsoft and Sr. Consultant at SolidQ. Follow @pinaldave
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